Age of Rebirth

The night was deep, and the sparse gunfire outside Fengtian made the night uneasy. The dark red ballistic trajectory interweaved in the night sky. From time to time, a few shells flew past and landed on the opposite Kwantung Army garrison position, causing a blast. There were clusters of orange-red flames, and dull explosions echoed in the evening wind. No matter how you looked at it, the battle was not fierce.

The chief of staff of the Marine Corps of the Independent Division, Colonel Wang Dongshan, the commander of the attacking Fengtian force, leaned against the turret of a tank, the guard on the side was holding a flashlight, and he had read the telegram several times in his hand. The detachment leader Chu Tian sent it, but Wang Dongshan felt uncomfortable.

Five mechanized field brigades and more than 8 elite soldiers from the Marine Corps fought around Fengtian for more than a week. In Wang Dongshan's eyes, Fengtian's Kwantung Army defenders and the Puppet Manchurian Army defenders were already Squeeze a soft persimmon, and it will fall if you touch it. If it wasn't for the strict order of the teacher to wipe out the Kwantung Army's active troops on the outskirts of Fengtian, it would take less than three days to send troops into the city and unscrew Nanjiro's hand. head!

The capture of Fengtian is a certainty, but killing Nanjiro is quite different. Now, this opportunity has been snatched by Chutian, and Wang Dongshan can only sigh. However, from Chutian's telegram, Wang Dongshan I also read another layer of meaning. Even the headquarters of the Kwantung Army has no guards, which means that the garrison forces of the Kwantung Army in Fengtian City are basically on the outer front lines, and almost all senior commanders committed suicide. The opposing Kwantung Army defenders had no choice but to stand on the outskirts of Fengtian.

The infiltrated troops of the special warfare detachment basically controlled the urban area of ​​Fengtian.I don't have any scruples anymore, and I can fight a big fight with more than 8 well-equipped troops.Facing the Kwantung Army with less than 1 people and the garrison of the Puppet Manchurian Army for more than a week, Wang Dongshan held his breath when he thought of it, and complained how much in his heart that the commander's order bound his hands and feet!

"Order, the brigades start preparing. According to the pre-established plan, launch a full-scale attack on Fengtian from all directions. Before the attack begins, order the artillery to blow up the positions of the Kwantung Army defenders! The time for the total attack launch It is three o'clock in the morning. Be sure to occupy Fengtian before tomorrow afternoon at six o'clock!" Wang Dongshan issued an order.

"Send a telegram to Captain Chu of the Special Warfare Detachment, inform Captain Chu of our attack time and plan, and ask for the cooperation of the infiltrating troops!" The battle will be smooth when the inside and outside cooperate, and the troops will reduce a lot of casualties. To Chutian robbed himself of the opportunity to screw off Nanjiro's head.I feel uncomfortable, but one size fits all.Wang Dongshan would never bring this playful thought into the battle!

The city was besieged with heavy troops, and the Kwantung Army and the defenders of the Puppet Manchuria were basically exhausted on the periphery. Wang Dongshan launched the Fengtian General Attack without any suspense. The field fortifications built during the period blew up the bodies of soldiers of the Kwantung Army and the Puppet Manchurian Army in the trenches. The explosion sites ripped the ground, and the sky before dawn was lit up by the flames. After that, more than 8 soldiers, Under the cover of tanks, they broke into Fengtian City from all directions.

The offensive against Fengtian was even smoother than expected. When breaking through the outer positions of the Kwantung Army, they encountered little resistance. Almost all the garrison forces of the Fengtian Kwantung Army and the Puppet Manchurian Army were buried in the fierce artillery fire of the independent division's attacking troops. , Because the senior generals of the Kwantung Army almost committed suicide, the Kwantung Army defenders on the outskirts of Fengtian could not receive orders to withdraw to the urban area to resist, and the outskirts of Fengtian became their burial places.

More than three hours later, the eastern sky revealed the dawn before dawn. Wang Dongshan's armored command vehicle, rolling over the hot soil, bomb craters everywhere, and the messy battlefield, drove into Fengtian City, in front of the Kwantung Army headquarters building, I saw Chutian, the leader of the Special Operations Detachment, who had been waiting in front of the gate for a long time. There were still sporadic gunshots in Fengtian City. The original Kwantung Army General Headquarters building had become Chutian's headquarters.

Although the military ranks are all colonels, the importance of Chutian is much higher than that of Wang Dongshan, the chief of staff of the corps. He is directly under the division's command. Wang Dongshan carefully looked at this famous special warfare detachment in the independent division. The detachment leader was in a very complicated mood, but it was Chu Tian who saluted first and said in a calm tone: "Chief of Staff Wang, Fengtian is now under our control, and we have wiped out the remaining Kwantung Army soldiers, Japanese and puppet agencies and The operation of the soldiers of the Puppet Manchukuo, the infiltration troops are underway!"

Wang Dongshan hastily returned the gift and said: "Captain Chu, I would like to thank the infiltration troops for their great cooperation. The attacking troops can enter the urban area so smoothly. I will dispatch some capable troops from various brigades to cooperate with your suppression operations. , next step, does Captain Chu have any plans?"

Chu Tian smiled, revealing a mouthful of white teeth, "Chief of Staff Wang, the task of the Special Operations Detachment has been completed, Fengtian will hand it over to you, and the Kwantung Army headquarters will also be handed over to you. I don't care what the next step is." , the master should have an order!"

Wang Dongshan was taken aback, and asked, "Why, Captain Chu has other tasks?"

"North, Harbin!" Chu Tian replied simply, Wang Dongshan thought for a while, and couldn't help saying: "How could that old devil Nanjiro commit suicide? It's a pity!

Chu Tian laughed happily, "Why, Chief of Staff Wang, if Nanjiro doesn't commit suicide, is there any other way to survive? Waiting for you to catch him alive?"

Wang Dongshan was at a loss for words, and Chu Tian said what was on his mind, and he was happy thinking about it, "It's good to die, but I just feel that it's cheaper, this old devil!"

Chutian drove away with dozens of special forces members. Wang Dongshan watched for a while, until Chutian's convoy disappeared into the streets of Fengtian in the early morning. The attack on the Fengtian troops has already occupied Fengtian City. Now, the troops are suppressing the remaining Japanese and puppet government personnel in the urban area, the Kwantung Army and the puppet Manchuria stragglers. Please give me instructions, what is the next move?"

The capture of Fengtian is of great significance in the entire Northeast campaign. This is the first large city in the Northeast recovered by the Independent Division, and it is also the central city. After receiving a telegram from Wang Dongshan, Tang Qiuli's He couldn't calm down in his mood. What satisfied him most was that Fengtian was basically preserved intact, and the city was not destroyed in the flames of war. As long as the Northeast Working Group took over the city, it would be restored soon.

The reply to Wang Dongshan was written by Tang Qiuli himself, "I am very pleased to hear all the calls. I specially appointed Wang Dongshan, chief of staff of the Marine Corps, as the acting commander of the Fengtian Garrison Command. The department was temporarily reorganized as The Fengtian garrison is responsible for clearing and suppressing the remaining Japanese and puppet government personnel and Kwantung Army remnants in Fengtian City, and restoring the law and order in Fengtian as quickly as possible. Enemy!"

This is tantamount to authorizing Wang Dongshan to kill and use thunder to uproot the foundation of the Japanese rule of Fengtian for more than ten years. Then, Tang Qiuli sent a telegram to Liu Hanzhang in Dalian, Liaodong Peninsula , "Vice Chairman Liu, Fengtian has been occupied by me, please send capable members of the reception Northeast working group to Fengtian to be responsible for the overall reception work!"

The telegram to Liu Hanzhang was quite simple. Tang Qiuli has always upheld the idea of ​​not interfering with this old man. Liu Hanzhang is an expert, has received the Northeast Work Group, and has practical experience in receiving the Liaodong Peninsula. Just entrust the conquered city to Liu Hanzhang and his men!

The telegram from the division commander was in the hands of Wang Dongshan, who was too busy in Fengtian, but he was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat. For nothing else, he appointed himself as the commander of the Fengtian garrison headquarters for the division commander, In addition, the current main force of the Marine Corps has all moved to the Indochina Peninsula. Only the five brigades attacking Fengtian will continue to stay in the northeast. Has the order of combat of the Marine Corps been changed to serve in the local garrison?

Fortunately, he is the acting commander, not officially taking up this position. Otherwise, Wang Dongshan would rather be severely punished by the division commander, and rush to the Jinzhou division to meet the division commander. He desperately rejected the commander's black hat and left the navy The team, I didn't even think about it, but Wang Dongshan, who was worried, still sent a telegram to Han Tie, asking Han Tie if the master pointed out that he intended to stay in the northeast?

On the evening of the second day after the recovery of Fengtian, a detachment sent by Chutian took photos of the Kwantung Army Commander-in-Chief Nanjiro, Chief of Staff Matsuda Kenjiro, and more than 20 Kwantung Army senior officers who committed suicide, along with the photos of the Kwantung Army headquarters building. , The collected semi-truck documents were sent to the Jinzhou Division Headquarters.

Tang Qiuli hurriedly called, called Mei Xue to the teacher, pointed to a large number of documents compiled by the staff office and intelligence office agents, and a stack of photos, and said: "Xiaoxue, these are the photos and photos sent back by Chutian. Take a look at the documents and materials, select some evidence that can prove that the Kwantung Army has occupied the Northeast for many years and committed crimes, and hold a press conference overnight, those reporters, are they in a hurry these days?"

It's really a timely help. Indeed, Mei Xue was almost fainted by the reporters these days. Mei Xue is also strange. Why can't the on-site interviews on the Liaoxi battlefield satisfy the appetite of the reporters?

Meixue smiled sweetly at Tang Qiuli, and hurriedly asked the assistants who followed to start selecting documents, and at the same time told: "Kwantung Army Commander-in-Chief Nanjiro, Chief of Staff Matsuda Kenjiro, and more than 20 senior Kwantung Army The photos of the officer committing suicide can be released at one time at the press conference tonight, and as for these documents, don’t show them all!”

(to be continued) (to be continued...)